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This five-day course describes how to assess operating system and application deployment options, determine the most appropriate deployment strategy, and then implement a deployment solution for Windows devices and apps that meets your environment’s needs. Solutions that this course details include operating system deployment scenarios ranging from high-touch solutions to zero-touch solutions. It also discusses the technologies that you use to implement these solutions, including the MDT and Configuration Manager.

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Microsoft On Demand Packaged SetIncluding

Microsoft On Demand Course ODX20695C (includes Microsoft Labs Online)

Digital courseware Course 20695C

Target AudienceThis five-day course is for IT professionals who deploy, manage, and maintain PCs, devices, and apps across medium, large, and enterprise organizations. Typically, this course’s audience has a desktop-support background, and have worked as Enterprise Desktop Administrators. A significant portion of this audience uses or intends to use Configuration Manager to manage and deploy PCs, devices, and enterprise applications. The Enterprise Desktop Administrator also might use several tools, including the Windows ADK and the MDT to support assessment, operating system, and application deployment tasks. Additionally, this course is for individuals who are interested in taking the MCSE exam 70-695: Deploying Windows Desktops and Enterprise Applications.

Module 1: Assessing the network environment for supporting operating system and application deploymentThis module examines how you can create a deployment strategy by using life-cycle information, deployment tools and technologies, and licensing and activation information. It also explains how to plan and effectively perform preparation tasks for deploying Windows 10 client operating systems.Lessons

Overview of the enterprise desktop life cycle

Assessing readiness for a desktop deployment by using Configuration Manager

Assessing deployment readiness by using MAP

Module 2: Determining operating system deployment strategiesThis module describes the tools and strategies that are available to help you perform a successful operating system deployment. It also explains how to identify the most appropriate operating system deployment strategy for your environment, based upon organizational requirements.Lessons

Understanding tools and strategies you can use for operating system deployment

Using the High Touch with Retail Media deployment strategy

Using the High Touch with a Standard Image deployment strategy

Using a lite touch deployment strategy

Using a zero touch deployment strategy

Alternative deployment strategies for Windows desktops

Module 3: Assessing application compatibilityThis module describes the process for addressing common application compatibility issues that you might experience during a new operating system deployment. The module also explains how to use the ACT to help inventory, analyze, and mitigate application compatibility issues.Lessons

Diagnosing application compatibility issues

Mitigating application compatibility issues

Using ACT to address application compatibility issues

Module 4: Planning and implementing user state migrationThis module introduces user state migration, and the tools and methods that are useful in the planning and implementation of a user state migration in the Windows software environment.Lessons

Overview of user state migration

Overview of USMT 10.0

Planning user state migration

Migrating user state by using USMT

Module 5: Determining an image management strategyThis module provides the information that you need to manage images to support operating system and application deployments. Specifically, the module describes the image formats and strategies for managing images.Lessons

Overview of the Windows image file format

Overview of image management

Module 6: Preparing for deployments by using the Windows ADKThis module describes how Windows Setup installs the Windows operating system. It explains how to use the tools in the Windows ADK to prepare for and support automated deployment strategies. It also explains how to use the Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE) to prepare boot images.Lessons

Overview of the Windows setup and installation process

Preparing boot images by using Windows PE

Using Windows SIM and Sysprep to automate and prepare an image installation

Module 8: Implementing operating system deployment by using the MDTThis module describes the components of the MDT, and how you can configure an operating system deployment strategy by using the MDT.Lessons

Planning for the MDT environment

Implementing MDT 2013 Update 2

Integrating Windows DS with MDT

Module 9: Managing operating system deploymentThis module provides an overview of operating system deployments, and explains how to use Configuration Manager to configure an operating system deployment strategy.Lessons

Overview of operating system deployment

Preparing a site for operating system deployment

Deploying an operating system

Module 10: Integrating MDT and Configuration Manager for operating system deploymentThis module explains how to integrate the MDT with Configuration Manager to support operating system deployment procedures. It also describes the benefits of integrating the MDT with Configuration Manager.Lessons